VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-10270
LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, related to "READ of size 8" and libtiff/tif_read.c:523:22.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 2.28%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, related to "READ of size 8" and libtiff/tif_read.c:523:22.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.28% probability · 82th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- libtiff/libtiff
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3844
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97200
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/01/01/libtiff-multiple-heap-based-buffer-overflow/Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/9a72a69e035ee70ff5c41541c8c61cd97990d018Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3844
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97200
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/01/01/libtiff-multiple-heap-based-buffer-overflow/Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/9a72a69e035ee70ff5c41541c8c61cd97990d018Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.